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Google on Thursday announced that it has used its Gears Geolocation API to make searching for businesses and locales in your area easier on Windows Mobile devices. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/google-ramps-up-mobile-search-with-my-location 9/11)

Nokia’s Ovi service was originally a simple photo-sharing system that took emailed, uploaded, and MMSed images from your phone or computer and put them online. Fair enough. Now, however, Nokia is adding some compelling features to the online suite to make it considerably more usable for personal and enterprise PIM and file sharing purposes. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/nokias-ovi-improved-with-pim-sync-file-sharing 9/11)

Remote viewing of your home computer files via mobile phone?  Very nice.

Microsoft and RIM announced today that they have struck a deal that will see all BlackBerry smartphones running Microsoft Live Search. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/11/rim-turns-to-microsoft-for-search 9/11)

MTV has announced that it is launching its first mobile VOD service that will include advertising. The U.S. Air Force is the service’s first sponsor, and its ads will run leading into “The How To Show,” a mobile VOD series in which various people, including athletes and musicians, unlock the secrets to their professions. mocoNews.net (9/11)

Verizon Wireless announced a number of new content deals at the CTIA conference for its V Cast video service. TV episodes on V Cast, which runs $15/month for unlimited use, are presented in segmented clips to make it easier to skip around. Verizon customers downloaded more than 71 million video clips and songs from the service during the first half of 2008. (Cynopsis 9/11)

• Current and classic full length episodes from NBCU properties including NBC (30 Rock, The Office), Telemundo (El Juramento), USA Network (Starter Wife), SCI FI Channel (Ghost Hunters) and NBC Universal Digital Studio (Gemini Division) are now available
• Discovery launched 4 channels on the service – TLC, Animal Planet, Planet Green and Discovery Kids
• Comcast’s G4 Network now has its own channel featuring segments from Attack of the Show, X-Play as well as web originals from G4tv.com
• Scripps’ HGTV and Food Network were also added

The Apple iPhone was the fastest growing device in the world last month in terms of smartphone usage according to AdMob and ended August with more than 2.9 million requests per day. Worldwide Smartphones accounted for 25.8% of network traffic in August, up 3.4% since May 2008. The top five smartphones in the US – the BlackBerry Pearl, Palm Centro, BlackBerry Curve, Apple iPhone, and Samsung Instinct – generated 12.9% of all US traffic in August, a 2.4% increase over July. Nokia continued to dominate the market in everywhere but the U.S., accounting for 62.4% of worldwide smartphone traffic in August. (Nokia does not even have a top 20 ranked smartphone in the U.S..) (Cynopsis 9/11)

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